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Der Flieger

Name: Der Flieger 1941 nr 02 (PDF)
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Heft 2 · 20. Jahrgang · Februar 1941

Verlag Walter Zuerl, München 15, Pettenkoferstraße 7

32 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Cover Page

Subject: A single-engine biplane trainer banking sharply overhead, underside and cross markings visible against a cloudy sky.

Major Headlines & Content

Oberst Schwartzkopf – der Gestalter der Stukawaffe (Colonel Schwartzkopf – shaper of the Stuka force) — Profile of Oberst Günther Schwartzkopf, Stuka wing commodore killed in action on 14 May 1940, posthumously awarded the Ritterkreuz on Reichsmarschall Göring’s recommendation.

Deutschlands Luftwaffe kann nie erlahmen! (Germany’s Luftwaffe can never tire!) — Propaganda piece arguing the Luftwaffe’s manpower, training and material reserves guarantee it can sustain the air campaign against Britain indefinitely. Credit: DNB.

Focke-Wulf „Kurier“ (Focke-Wulf “Kurier”) — Presents the four-engine long-range Focke-Wulf „Kurier“ bomber, developed from the FW 200 „Condor“, describing its six-man crew and armament. Photo credit: Foto Luftwaffe.

Kennen Sie diese Typen? (Do you know these types?) — Short recognition feature showing a Brewster fighter supplied to Britain, known there as the „Buffalo“.

Segelflug als Geschäft (Gliding as a business) — Reports on American glider builder William Bowlus and his club-oriented kit-glider sales model in the United States. Author: Dr. H. Ae, reprinted from „Aero Revue“, Bern.

Unsere Preisfrage: Curtiss „Hurricane“ oder Boeing Ju 87? (Our prize question: Curtiss “Hurricane” or Boeing Ju 87?) — Second and concluding part of an aircraft-identification prize contest with numbered silhouette drawings; correct entries win a free subscription. Illustrations signed „BKM“.

Das Zubehör – Dichtungen im Flugzeug- und Flugmotorenbau (Accessories – seals in aircraft and aero-engine construction) — Technical article on shaft seals for aircraft engines, comparing synthetic Perbunan rubber against leather and natural rubber for oil, fuel and temperature resistance. Author: Hans Diegmann (first continuation).

„Fahrbarer Flughafen“ Couse CA 2 (“Mobile airfield” Couse CA 2) — Describes a self-contained American mobile-airfield vehicle carrying a repair workshop, lighting, and radio equipment for servicing aircraft away from base. Author: Walter Zuerl.

Mein Flug mit dem „Blechesel“ (My flight aboard the “Tin Donkey”) — First-person account of the maiden flight of the Junkers J1, the first all-metal cantilever aircraft, on 12 December 1915 at Döberitz, including the tense build-up and eyewitness Leutnant Manfred Frhr. von Richthofen. Author: Hauptmann Friedr. v. Malinckrodt.

Flugschau (News Roundup)

Segelflug (Germany) — Notes the NSFK-designed amphibious glider „Jacht 71“ built by Darmstadt students, and a new seaplane glider „Seeadler“ flown by Hanna Reitsch.

Militärflugzeuge (England) — Discusses the new Fairey „Manchester Guardian“ twin-engine fighter development and the Fairey P.4/34.

Militärflugzeuge (USA) — Covers American fighter and bomber types including the Republic P-43, its P-44/P-47 successors, and the Martin B-26 bomber, with skepticism about published American speed claims.

Personen (Germany) — Reports the promotion of NSFK-Obergruppenführer v. Bülow to Oberst and his return as Inspekteur des NS-Fliegerkorps, and the death of former Austrian Luftverkehrsgesellschaft vice-president Ferdinand Deutelmoser.

Chronik des Luftkrieges (Air War Chronicle)

Continuing day-by-day OKW and DNB communiqués covering 23–26 August 1940: Luftwaffe attacks on British convoys, ports, airfields and industry in England, Malta and North Africa, alongside British night raids on German cities and the Ruhr, with claimed loss tallies on both sides.

Der Flieger 1941 nr 02 (PDF)